Salo v. Duluth & Iron Range Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From the taxation of costs and disbursements in favor of the plaintiff in the above entitled action, in the district court for St. Louis county, both parties appealed. The appeals were heard before Dancer, J., who affirmed the taxation of the clerk except as to two items. From that order, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
After many trials and vicissitudes the merits of this case have been settled and adjusted and only the taxable disbursements remain to furnish matter for litigation. It appears that in June, 1910, an attorney procured 37 clients, making identical contracts with each as to fees and disbursements. These clients were settlers near defendant’s railway, who had been damaged by a fire claimed to have been set through its negligence. The attorney duly commenced an action for each of these 37 clients against defendant to recover for the injury. Only a few of these actions were tried. The loss to each…
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